A rare and fine Chinese Ding white glazed vase, Song Dynasty (960-1279). Compare a white glazed long necked bottle vase, Jin dynasty, in the metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, illustrated by S.Valenstein, the Herzman collection of Chinese ceramics, New York, 1992, p.36, no.25. See also another example in the British Museum is illustrated in Oriental ceramics, the World's great Collections, vol.5, Tokyo, 1981, no.55. A similar ding bottle vase, Jin dynasty, see Christie's Hong Kong, 11/29/2017, lot 2987, another one see Sotheby's, 8/4/2023, lot 3503, a similar vase with a cover, see Christie's New York, 23/3/2023, lot 864. 23.5 cm high